@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.commessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down116cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.com@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
minus-square@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoIsn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
minus-square@ArtVandelay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•11 months agoThat was BMW who tried it https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
minus-square@phx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish17•11 months agoAnd they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
minus-square@helenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoI’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
minus-squareAlexlinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months agoThat was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
minus-square@PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoBMW already dropped it, it was that popular.
Isn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
That was BMW who tried it
https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
And they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
I’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
That was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
BMW already dropped it, it was that popular.
whatttttt
No